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Football Championships and Bowl Games

There have been 15 conference championships in school history and the Rams have attended 12 bowl games with an overall record of 5-7 in bowl games. Below is a brief recap of those conference championships and bowl championships.

1915 - In his fifth season as head coach of the Colorado Agricultural College football team, Harry Hughes took his team to the only undefeated and untied season in school history. Led by center Charles Shepardson (second from left on bottom row) and outstanding halfback Ralph "Sag" Robinson (second from right in front row). Hughes introduced his "Million Dollar Play" in 1914 and behind the skilled running of Robinson, opposing teams were fooled time and again.

1916 - Virtually the same football team from 1915 returned to once again dominate the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The 1916 Aggies went 6-0-1 to win the championship outright. Over their two-year stretch the Aggies went 13-0-1 with the new Million Dollar Play as their signature play that dominated the Rocky Mountain region.

1919 - After Harry Hughes lost his team to the War department during WWI, many war veterans and skilled players came home to CAC to Arthur Sheely, Harry "Hap" Dotson and the legendary Charles Bresnahan. The only loss of the 1919 season came during a blizzard in Colorado Springs against Colorado College.

One memorable part of this team was the bear cub that acted as the team mascot. The bear cub was only seen in the 1919 season.

1920 - Virtually the same team as 1919 returned in 1920 to dominate the Rocky mountain Athletic Conference in 1920. A tie against the University of Colorado and a close loss at Nebraska were the only blemishes on this amazing season.

1925 - Possibly the greatest team of the Hughes era, the 1925 Colorado Aggies went 9-0 in the regular season only to lose big to the University of Hawaii in a late season game in Honolulu. This team produced the first All-American in school history (Kenny Hyde-3rd team QB) during the height of the Harry Hughes coaching period.

1927 - Another great Hughes team of the 1920s, the Colorado Aggies beat Colorado College and their All-American, Dutch Clark, in Colorado Springs to win the championship and complete a 13 season run of six conference championships and three seasons in second place. By 1928, Liberty Magazine named the Colorado Aggies the 13th best team in the nation over the previous five years for winning percentage.

1933 - In the height of the Great Depression, players like Wilbur "Little Red" White and Glenn Morris fought to tie for the conference championship with the University of Utah and University of Denver.

1934 - Once again the Aggies tied for the conference championship, this time with the University of Colorado and the school known today as the University of Northern Colorado. It is the only time in the more than 100 years of the RMAC that three schools tied for the championship (in back-to-back seasons) and all three schools from Colorado.

1955 - After 21 years, Coach Bob Davis led the Aggie-Rams to a conference championship. Behind the talents of Jerry Callahan, Jerry Zaleski, Larry Barnes and All-American Gary Glick, the Colorado A&M football team won their only championship of the Bob Davis era. Glick was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the first and only CSU football player to be the #1 overall pick in the NFL draft.

1994 - Sonny Lubick and the CSU Rams won the first Western Athletic Conference championship in school history in Lubick's second season as head coach. After near misses in 1977 and 1980, the Rams finally came out on top in the conference race with one of the greatest seasons in school history. With Anthoney Hill at quarterback, E.J. Watson at running back and a defense anchored by All-American Greg Myers, Brady Smith and Sean Moran, the Rams began the best 10-year stretch since the 1920s.

1995 - With virtually the same team, Lubick and his Rams won a second WAC championship, tying with AFA, BYU and Utah. Outstanding safety Greg Myers won the 1995 Jim Thorp Award for best befensive back in the nation.

1997 - Possibly one of the greatest teams in school history, Moses Moreno led the Rams at quarterback as Sonny Lubick won his third championship in four seasons. This was the final WAC championship for the Rams as they headed to the newly formed Mountain West Conference in 1999.

1999 - With a new conference formed in part by the success of the Rams, Sonny Lubick and his team won the first Mountain West Conference championship, tying with BYU and Utah. With Matt Newton at the quarterback position and Kevin McDougal at running back, the Rams set the stage for one of the greatest seasons, if not THE greatest, in school history.

2000 - Cecil "The Diesel" Sapp, Matt Newton and a bevy of outstanding Ram players finished the 2000 season with one of the best records in school history at 10-2. The Rams won their 14th overall conference championship, the fifth time a championship had been won in back-to-back seasons.

2002 - Sonny Lubick's final conference championship, the sixth of his career at CSU, was won with heart and determination by Bradlee Van Pelt and Cecil Sapp.